Big Weekend

If you love wine, this is the weekend to visit! Sample more than 700 wines from around the world during the annual Wine Festival. Then, continue to cultivate your palate with free arts programs and performances throughout town.

If you love wine, this is the weekend to visit! Sample more than 700 wines from around the world during the annual Wine Festival. Then, continue to cultivate your palate with free arts programs and performances throughout town.

Walk on the wild side with a trip to the second-oldest zoo in the nation. Then, walk through a history of America's signage - from 1800s wood signs to the height of neon popularity at American Sign Museum.

Want to pet a shark, watch a dive show and visit with rare white alligators? Then a visit to Newport Aquarium is in order! After watching the undersea creatures swim around all afternoon, watch amazing human feats when when aerialists, trapeze artists perform alongside the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

Join thousands of free-flying butterflies at Krohn Conservatory for the annual butterfly show featuring Butterflies of the Philippines. Then, hop aboard the Belle of Cincinnati or River Queen and see the sights aboard our riverboat royalty.

Snack on peanuts and Cracker Jack as America's first professional baseball team takes on the St. Louis Cardinals at Great American Ball Park. Then stop to smell the tulips at the Cincinnati Zoo's annual spring flower fest.